Improved fountain-pen



H. A. BROWN & J. WILEY. I FOUNTAIN PEN.

No. 14,276. Patented Feb. 19, 18-56.

UNIT-ED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HENRY nnnown AND JAMES WILEY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK.

IMPROVED FOUNTAIN-PEN;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l4,276', dated February 19, 1856.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that We,-HENRY A. BRoWNand JAMES vWILEY, of-Ih'ooklyn', Kings county,

State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Fountain-Pens; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull description of the same.

We are aware that fountain-pens have been made before this of our invention,"an,d there fore do not set up any claim to have invented the first fountain-pom ,Our invention relates to the mode of constructing the pen and combining it with'the pen-holder and case, so as to hold the ink under all circumstances and at the same time control its flow when being used.

- In all other fountain-pens known to us there is either great complexity of arrangements to effect these results, thereby making it liable to get out of repair,'or there is a constant tendency to too great flow of the ink, and thereby causing the paper to blot while writing, or thep'en-holder case always has to be held in an I inverted position to prevent the escape of ink, and thereby confining or limiting the use of such fountain-pens to the desk,and not making them portable and of universal use, as they should be, unless at the grejat'risk of inking or soiling clothes it attempted to be carried in the pocket. Our invention, therefore, is to obviate these several objections found to exist in thevarious fount-' ain-pens that have been made and attempted to he put in public use. To do this we have made the concave shank of the pen with a solid head and combined itwith'the penholder, having a valve-seat in it, in such a way that by sliding the pen out or in-'that is,-

shortening or elongatingthe nib of the pen in. the pen-holder-it acts as a slide-valve against the valve-scat in the pen-holder to cut oil" the flow of ink, except when the pen is in use, while at all other times the ink is securelyconfined in the barrel of the pcn-case, and may be carried in the pocket or otherwise laid down without risk of leakage; but to' describe our invention more particularly we will refer to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, the same letters of reference wherever they occur referring to like parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pen and case. Fig. 2 is a vertical cut section of the same, showing the piston for charging the case with the ink. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are representations of sections of "the case as made before putting together. Fig. (i is a representation (in section) of the'pen and penholder, showing the solid head elevated or raised from its valve-seat, formed in the neck of the-pen-holder. I

Letter A'represents the pen, having a solid head 13. This is formed by filling the concave of'the shank of the'pen with a suitable piece of metal, so as to .form .a-half-circular head. To the lower edge of this head is secured a twisted wire 0, having a split lower end and overlapping the split of the pen. of this twisted'wire is to convey the ink to The object the nibof the penand at the same-time, in consequence of its twist, prevent the too rapid flow of the ink.

Letter Dis the pen-holder, which is made by cutting away'about one-half of the length of the holder and facing the part cut away with a plate-E, for the purpose of forming, by the transverse cut or 'notch in the pen-holder, a seat for the head .or valve B .to actagainst to cut ofi the flow of ink from the barrel to the pen,-and by its elongated. lower edge e, ext-ending down into the concave of the-shank of the pen, acting at the same time as an inkdistributer-that is, the sides of the-distributer e are not attached to the pen-holder, nor

do they fit tightly the sides of the concavity of the shankof the pen, but have a space between them, and the lower end forked so as to straddle the twisted'wi're. The object of this construction of the distributer is to allow of the action of the atmosphere against the sides of the base of the column of ink, so as to cause it to flow down the twisted wire, but not acting-n'ponxany large portion of the ink. Of course only a limited supply is obtained, just equal to tho wants oil the writer using the-pen.

' Letter F is the barrel or fountain of the Into thelower end of this is secured pen.

Into this barrel is the pen-holder and pen.

' adjustefia piston G and rod 9 attached thereto. The object of thispiston is to charge the fountain or barrel with ink. This is done by raising the valve B from oif' its seat in the pen-holder and inserting the pen into a bottle of ink and then drawing buck the piston by the common and Wellknmrn rqit-ifltion of filling syringes, &c.

Letter H is a ferrule for protecting theup per end of the piston-rod by fitting upon the end of the barrel, and J is another ferrule for protecting the pen-point, also fitting upon the lower end of the barrel.

Having now described our invention and its operation, we will proceed to state what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States.

YVhat we claim is The nmkingof the pen A with :i solid hull" (.il'CllliH head B and arranging it to slide in the pen-holder, (having a face-plate E and a", as set forth) so as to operate as a slide-valve or cut-off to the flow of ink, when operated substantially as hereinbefore set forth, and in form and manner'nnd forthe purposes do HENRY A. BROWN. JAMES WILEY. Witnesses:

CHARLES L. BARRTTT, R. E. JOHNSON. 

